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Below is our complete Threat Signal news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.

M.A.N has announced the departure of guitarist Rob Guz and has announced his replacement as Marcus Bertilsson. A new band photo of M.A.N can be seen here.

The band comments on the line up change, "We have to inform you the sad news that our guitarist Rob Guz has decided to leave M.A.N and the music business. A personal statement will be official in the upcoming days. But we are also happy to announce Marcus "Skägget" Bertilsson as our new guitarist in M.A.N. New fresh blood will pour in the veins of M.A.N, and we are looking bright at the future. Marcus also swings his axe in the bands Inevitable End and The Weakening. Marcus will do his premiere show with M.A.N at Sticky Fingers (Gbg-Sweden) on Oct 22nd!" More...

Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard has issued the following statement about the band's upcoming "Threat Over Europe" tour, which also features Sybreed, Illidiance, M.A.N., and Raunchy:

"Are you ready Europe? Finally! We are flying our Canadian asses over to Europe. We've been looking forward to this moment since we started the band in 2005. We've finally made it happen and we couldn't be more excited!

"Since we didn't get a chance to tour our first record 'Under Reprisal' in Europe, we've decided we are going to include a lot of those songs in our set list. We will also be playing a few songs from our latest album 'Vigilance.'

"Raunchy and Sybreed have agreed to join us on the tour, which I'm very happy about. It’s great to play with such influential musicians and actually really enjoy watching the bands play every night. I've been a fan of these bands for years. So if you think your European asses can out drink a Canadian, come down to the show and let’s see what you got! We'll be hanging out in the crowd and it will be a party every single night. Looking forward to meeting all of you! Cheers!" More...

Swiss act Sybreed has issued the following announcement about the upcoming "Threat Over Europe" tour with Threat Signal:

"We are proud to announce that Sybreed will be part of the upcoming Threat Signal/Raunchy European tour starting on the 14th of November. Let’s say it's a real pleasure to join forces again with our friends of Threat Signal, with whom we already toured in the U.S back in summer 2009, as well as sharing the stage with the Raunchy dudes. Two other bands are also announced, so as to say M.A.N from Sweden and the Russian act Illidiance on several shows. We hope to see you around as we will all work to set the stage on fire (not literally of course) night after night."

Shortly after the announcement of the "Threat Over Europe" European tour and after the departure of guitarist Adam Weber, Canada's premier hardcore act Threat Signal have announced the departure of drummer Norm Killeen. The band are currently seeking a replacement to fill the position.

The band commented by saying: "After three amazing years together, the THREAT SIGNAL camp has decided to part ways with drummer Norm Killeen. This was a mutual decision and there are no hard feelings towards each other. We will still continue to work with Norm's graphic design company, NME Studios. We wish you all the best with your future endeavors Norm; much love and respect. So now the drummer search begins! We're looking for someone preferably with touring experience, but if not, that's fine. We have quite a bit of dates coming up in October and November through out North America and Europe, so we're looking for someone that can really nail these songs quick and hit the road."

"You can contact the band for audition details through email at drummeraudition@hotmail.ca" More...

Canada's Threat Signal recently announced the departure of guitarist Adam Weber. Threat Signal bassist Pat Kavanagh has now checked in with the following statement about the split and the band working on a new album:

"I'm going to start this update off with the good news. We're playing a week of shows with our friends in Soilwork in August. Can't wait to play with those dudes again! Check out our myspace for the dates. Also we'll have former Darkest Hour shredder and awesome dude Kris Norris filling in! So you definitely don't want to miss these shows.

"Now you may be asking yourself 'filling in?!?' yeah, onto the bad news. Here it comes again folks, there's been another casualty in TS. Adam has decided to leave us. He has some personal things he needs to work out and we wish him all the best. We're still good friends and there's plenty more beers that we'll have together so no worries. I know this sucks to hear for a lot of you and I can list off a boat load of bands that have been through the same shit we've been through. Just know it sucks hard on our side too.

"On a positive note we have a huge head start on the next record. Even have a few demos already! You'll be hearing new shit soon. So we hope to see you on the road with Soilwork, Mutiny Within and Kris Norris soon! Good times will be had by all! Now I'll leave you with this little fun game; let's see how you guys can finish this joke: How many Threat Signal guitarist's does it take to screw in a light bulb. Have fun."

Canadian hardcore act Threat Signal have announced the departure of guitarist Adam Weber from the band and have announced Kris Norris as his temporary replacement. Kris Norris is a former member of the metalcore act Darkest Hour.

Bassist Pat Kavanagh commented by saying:"Adam has decided to leave us. He has some personal things he needs to work out and we wish him all the best. We're still good friends and there's plenty more beers that we'll have together, so no worries. I know this sucks to hear for a lot of you, and I can list off a boatload of bands that have been through the same shit we've been through. Just know it sucks hard on our side, too."

Sweden's Dark Tranquillity has checked in with an update recapping the latest North and South American tour:

"Your favourite merry band of metallers are now finally home on Swedish soil after a successful string of shows in USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Uruguay.

"We'd like to extend a massive thanks to everyone involved - the guys in Threat signal and Mutiny within, the hard working crew, the local opening bands and of course all the fans - new and old - that came out to the shows.

"For the Latin American tour, a special thanks must go to Alex and John @ Eyescream productions for their professionalism and for making the trip such a great experience for us. It was an amazing trek, and we were very glad to finally play in no less than three new countries for us - Peru, Uruguay and Brazil. Can't wait to come back! More...

Threat Signal will be direct support to Swedish melodic death legends Dark Tranquillity on a series of tour dates this May/June. Joining them with be Roadrunner Records recording artists Mutiny Within. Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard commented:

"As soon as we found out Dark Tranquillity were going to headline the US and Canada, we knew we had to get on the tour! After playing with so many different bands over the past few years, we finally feel at home with this one. Our music meshes perfect together and I know the fans, and ourselves as well, will enjoy the whole show from start to end. Having Mutiny Within on the tour is an added bonus, they fit great in the package and I cant wait to watch them kill it every night. We have a ton of respect for Dark Tranquillity and what they have accomplished over their career, so we look forward to tearing apart North America together. Now let the Canadian’s show everyone how to drink!"

Dark Tranquillity has announced that Threat Signal and Mutiny Within are onboard for the upcoming North American tour. Some more dates (including Canada) are now confirmed, so the current trek is as follows:

Canada's Threat Signal has issued the following update about canceling their upcoming European tour dates:

"To all fans and friends of Threat Signal, we sincerely regret to inform you that our 2010 European tour dates w/ (Hed) Pe & Atilla have been officially canceled. The tour will still go on; however, we will not be performing on it. We had worked very hard to make this tour even considerably possible, but due to financial difficulties we’ve had to abandon ship. We’re back thousands more dollars than we originally expected, and we’ve been struggling ever since to find affordable means of transportation. We cannot justify or even find the amount of money needed to make this tour possible for us anymore…

"Our hearts are broken, this would have been Threat Signal’s first European Tour. On the upside, we’ve had an amazing North American run w/ EPICA & Blackguard and are looking forward to confirmed dates in Canada. The more people that show their support locally will ultimately help us land these tours overseas. Even if you can’t make it out to a show you can show your TS support by purchasing some new merchandise at Kill The 8 Online Merch Store, and music from iTunes and Amazon.

"Once again, we apologize a million times over and over to our friends and fans in Europe who expected us on the tour. We’re currently working extremely hard with our agents and record label to find another tour in Europe before the year is over. We promise to make this up to those who were looking forward to seeing us live. Thank you so much for understanding our situation."

Chicago-based URN completed work on the video for their single "Reckoning Hour" with Liquid Productions (who also worked on NOVEMBERS DOOM's Rain clip) for the current album, "Scribings of a Forgotten Soul," currently available on Rotting Corpse Records.

The band launched the video as part of the live webcast of their performance at The Rave in Milwaukee last night with EPICA, THREAT SIGNAL, and BLACKGUARD at 8pm CST/9pm EST. You can still catch it on the rebroadcast today at noon (CST) (1pm ET / 6pm GMT / 7pm CET).

In other news, URN singer/guitarist Dominic St. Charles was recently interviewed in the current issue of OUTBURN magazine by Nick DeMarino. They discussed the inspiration behind the album concept of a prison riot based on true events of friends of his that survived one when we he was in high school. EPICA was also interviewed in the current issue as well.

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Canadian metallers Threat Signal, who are currently on a North American tour alongside Epica, have announced they will be heading to Europe alongside (hed)P.E. and Atilla as soon as their current tour ends. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:

Threat Signal have announced that their concert scheduled for Friday, February 5th, 2010 will be streamed live online for free. The show, which starts at 9:00 PM Eastern / 8:00 PM Central, will also feature Blackguard and Epica. The concert stream can be found at this location.

Paul Ablaze of Montreal's Blackguard has checked in with the following recap of the From Afar tour, headlined by Ensiferum this past fall:

"Another tour in the Bag , Another notch on the belt , and Another round of good times were had by all.

"For a tour that seemed destined to fall apart on itself just before it's start, I believe it exceeded all expectation by a long shot. With Ex Deo pulling out for the majority of the tour and Hypocrisy having to bail all together, the future looked very bleak. But at the end of the day it was Ensiferums call to bite the bullet and pull ahead with the tour, and for that we cannot thank them enough.

"As disappointed as we were not being able to tour with those two amazing bands, their absences proved to be a blessing in disguise. Being bumped up to direct support might have been one of the best things to happen to us, and with the addition of Lazarus A.D we got to become friends with some of the most badass people we've ever met.

"Although the crowds might have been smaller overall, we got to play to more people every night and our new position on the tour certainly motivated us to step up our game.

"This tour being quite the contrast to our last tour (Summer slaughter) in pace and scale, it was a little more relaxed and offered us some more down time to breath. That being said here are some of my more memorable moments from 'from afar' More...